Exponential Growth

Infinite Opportunities

Boundless Potential

Nurturing
tomorrow's
powerhouses

Cultivating an ecosystem where passion sparks enterprise, energy
thrives, and emotions resonate, guided by our diverse and expert team.

Guiding ventures
to be

limitless

Asiana Fund, rooted in the Dani Family’s legacy, fosters India’s dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem. We embrace diverse sectors and various stages of venture growth, supporting operational proficiency and focusing on sustainability.

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At Asiana, we are driven by our commitment to making exceptional ideas accessible, championing the advancement of emerging technologies, and promoting intelligent design-led solutions. Together, we are building a future with purpose.

- Jalaj Dani, Sponsor

Building enduring value

Asiana Fund believes that great ventures are built by looking beyond short-term valuation and focusing on long-term value creation. We partner with founders through their growth journey, bringing strategic perspective, operating guidance and access to our ecosystem to help build stronger and more enduring businesses.

Enduring Companies

Success Themes

Our focus is on Category Creators. We seek ventures poised to be top players in 3-5 years, emphasizing Commitment to Execution Excellence.
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Belief in Indian companies

Asiana Fund's sponsors broke the myth that robust multinational ventures can't emerge from India. Inspired by Indian founders we've backed, we believe in India's growth story and its entrepreneurs.
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Focus sectors

We prioritize the decade-long impact of Intellectual Properties (IPs) in tech, SAAS, and deep tech. Our 5-10% stake fosters active partnering, valuing ventures harnessing digitization and technology.

Operational blueprint
for Collaborative growth

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Active Partnering

At Asiana Fund, we embody Active Partnering. Guided by a hands-on leadership team, we form a network of experts and partners, providing ventures with 360-degree mentoring.
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Focused on value creation

Asiana partners closely with ventures to transform them from the startup to the maturity stage. We encourage ambitious growth but with a razor focus on cash flows and the bottom-line, thus enabling value creation, not just valuation creation.
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Sharp experimentation

We advocate for solution-driven approaches, inspiring ventures to conduct controlled experiments to explore opportunities or to address challenges, ensuring learning for broader organizational adoption.
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Emphasis on governance

Our emphasis is that our ventures should continuously focus on governance and adopt best practices that are in line with or exceed industry standards and regulations.
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Invest and Mentor

Founders and senior leadership find our teams invaluable as a sounding board. These sessions clarify directions and priorities and also provide safe spaces for raising and resolving concerns and issues.
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Program Management

In the growth stage, ventures benefit from a systematic approach to executing key initiatives. We facilitate this through scheduled reviews, team interactions and introduce experts who help manage strategic and transformational initiatives.
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Collaborations

Real, on-ground partnerships thrive through Asiana's facilitation as we continuously extend our network to our ventures by sharing valuable connections and references.. This support goes beyond capital, providing a comprehensive ecosystem for venture growth.

Meet the team

A multidisciplinary team bringing together investment judgement, sector knowledge and operating experience across the venture lifecycle.

  • Investing Team
  • Fund Advisors
Jalaj Dani

Jalaj Dani

Founder & Sponsor of Asiana Fund

Praveen Ganapathy

Praveen Ganapathy

Chief Tech Investment Officer

Amit Kawoor

Amit Kawoor

Chief Strategy Officer

Chaitanya Dabholkar

Chaitanya Dabholkar

Chief Investment Officer

Neha Aggarwal

Neha Aggarwal

Investment Director

Preetham Naik

Preetham Naik

Principal

Rahul Vaid

Rahul Vaid

Senior Associate

Ankit Savla

Ankit Savla

Compliance Officer

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Testimonials from our partners

What founders and partners say about their experience working with Asiana Fund.

“Building Fourth Frontier has meant creating something that did not fit neatly into an existing category, and Asiana understood that journey from the beginning. They looked beyond the immediate numbers to understand the technology, the opportunity and what we were ultimately trying to build. Through the ups and downs that come with creating a new category, they have remained supportive, accessible and encouraging, while giving us the space to make our own decisions. Having an investor who brings both perspective and patience, and whose support you can count on through the journey, has been incredibly valuable to us.”

Manav Bhushan

Co-founder, Fourth Frontier

Manav Bhushan

“From the outset, Asiana shared our belief that an Indian company could build a truly global consumer brand. As Skillmatics expanded into new markets and scaled rapidly, their support went well beyond capital. They brought a long-term perspective, useful strategic inputs and, importantly, the confidence to let us stay focused on building the brand our way. We have always valued the openness and mutual respect in the relationship, and their belief in our global ambition has made them a meaningful partner in the Skillmatics journey.”

Dhvanil Sheth

Co-founder, Skillmatics

Dhvanil Sheth

“Deep technology rewards those who take the longer view. Every stage of engineering, certification and field validation adds to an advantage that competitors cannot easily match – and it is patient capital that makes such an advantage possible. Asiana understood this from the outset. They engaged closely with our technology, our markets and the long-term value of what we are creating at EndureAir, and have remained accessible at every stage since, offering counsel, connections and perspective as they were needed. More than an investor, Asiana has been a partner in the building of something that lasts.”

Rama Krishna

Co-founder, EndureAir

Rama Krishna

Venture into the

future

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